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...Iraqi Bar Association is convinced that the police are not doing enough to investigate the crimes and has ordered the Saddam defense team to cut off contact with the court until the killers of the lawyers are found, a decision that could further delay the tribunal when it reconvenes on Nov. 28. Procedures would require the court to appoint new counsel, causing another 40-day stay for the difficult discovery process (see following story...
...after developing countries refused to open the door to their service industries until they got a favorable deal on agriculture. Trade ministers will gather in Hong Kong in December for another try. Again, the prospects aren't promising. The WTO boss, Pascal Lamy, said that he would have to delay a draft deal because "there is not a sufficient level of convergence...
...change their perspectives on the fundraising. “Basically, I have the same opinions that I did before,” said Amara G. Madu ’06, who said she didn’t intend to give money because Harvard is already so wealthy. Despite the delay in choosing board members, however, Washington said he was optimistic. This year, the program is being restructured so that the House Competition—the time during which houses vie with each other for the highest rate of participation by seniors—will begin only after spring break. They...
...these guys,” Franken said. He said he even hopes that the mid-term 2006 elections will be a showcase for “subpoena power,” with voters punishing the Republicans for current scandals involving Tom DeLay and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Referring to September 11 as Bush’s “little black dress”—since according to Franken, it works for almost any occasion—he called on liberals to pursue prosecutions for war profiteering against companies like Halliburton. He added...
...odds on achieving a deal fluctuated all day, Rice's stubborn side kicked into high gear. "I'm not going to leave here until we get an agreement," she told an aide. She decided to delay her departure for Asia and return to Jerusalem after paying a condolence call on Jordan's King Abdullah in response to the Amman terror attacks...